A 200-year-old beech in southwest Poland has been named European Tree of the Year 2024 at a ceremony in the European Parliament. It is the third year in a row and fourth time overall that a Polish tree has won the contest.
This year’s winner, pictured above and named “Heart of the Garden” (Serce Ogrodu), is located at Arboretum Wojsławice in the Lower Silesia province. It was planted at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries – a time when Poland as a state did not exist and when the area in question was part of the Kingdom of Prussia.
The tree’s name reflects the role it plays in the park, with almost all paths and alleyways leading to it. The arboretum is a branch of the botanical gardens of the University of Wroclaw.
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